Truman Presses Four Billion Tax Boost and Controls
President Truman said he would urge Congress to pass a four billion dollar tax increase and to maintain stand by price and wage controls plus rationing powers. He spoke at his weekly news conference amid price trends and inflation concerns.
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Washington
INS
Truman
Congress
Chicago
Snyder
Treasury
Joint
Congressional Economic Committee
Brannan
Edwin O 1 Nourse
Sen. Gillette
Iowa
Senate Agriculture Committee
Radar Defenses Described as Almost a Blank by Expert
Washington, Feb 10 An American air defense commander says the radar air raid warning system is almost a blank and needs expansion. Maj. Gen. Gordon P. Saville urged Congress to fund radar stations along borders and at outposts up to 160 million dollars. He warned radar alone cannot guarantee absolute protection or warning.
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Washington
America
Alr
Alaska
Russia
Gordon P. Saville
Congress
Saville
House
Armed Services Committee
Muir S. Fairchild
Air Force
Spy Ring Led by Sorge Helped Nazi Victory Shift Revealed
United States Army disclosed that a Soviet led spy network under Richard Sorge stole Japan’s top secrets and aided Stalin by routing reinforcements in 1941. The ring’s supposed kingpin, Sorge, along with Ozaki Ho, was executed. two members, Agnes Smedley and Guenther Stein, denied involvement. The report warned other ring members may operate abroad and noted deletions for security reasons.
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Japan
Russia
Germany
U. S
Richard Sorge
Moscow
Hitler
Neales Pan
Stalin
Siberia
Hed
Douglas piseAr
Noo
New York
Agnes Smedley
Guenther Stein
Jacob
Army
Navy
Tycho L. Lillienstrom
Harbin
Manchuria
Leutenant
Ozaki Ho
Page
Second Envoy Ousted by Reds
Budapest reports say Hungary expelled U S diplomat Robin Edwin Steussy on espionage and smuggling charges after the prior ouster of Stephen Koezak. Steussy, 78, a Madison Wis native and third secretary, left for Vienna amid diplomatic tensions. The State Department denied the charges as unfounded.
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U.S
Budapest
Steussy
Madison, Wis
Vienna
Kodak
U. S
United States
Michael J. McDermott
Washington
McDermott
State Department
Koczak
Bulgarian Evangelical ministers face espionage charges
Fifteen cleric members of Bulgaria's Evangelical high council were indicted by the Communist government on military political and economic espionage and currency black market offenses. The prosecutor alleged contacts with former British and American mission officials and said defendants confessed. Trials similar to the Evangelicals’ case were expected to begin in several provinces.
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Sofia
INS
Evangelical Churches’ High Council
Budapest
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Hungary
Vzesil Siapkov
Bulgaria
Truman calls Mindszenty trial a kangaroo court
President Truman denounces the Mindszenty conviction as infamous and a blot on Hungary. He backs Acheson’s condemnation of the Hungarian government and discusses possible retaliatory measures and UN action, noting no decision yet on severing diplomatic ties.
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Washington
Truman
Cardinal Mindszenty
Hungary
Acheson
U. S
Hum
State Department
United Nations
House
Security Council
Remington Reinstated in Government Post After Loyalty Review
William Remington announces a federal loyalty review board cleared him of disloyalty charges and ordered reinstatement to his $10,000-a-year Commerce Department export program post. He plans to return to work tomorrow and seeks back pay after a suspension since last summer amid libel suits against Elizabeth Bentley and others.
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Washington
INS
William Remington
Federal
Emington
Commerce Department
Elizabeth Bentley
Miss Bentley
Sporting Courier
the National Broadad Co
General Foods
Remington
Joseph L.J. Raub
Civil Service Shakeup Urged by Hoover Group
The Hoover commission urged removing second-raters from government service and reforming the Civil Service Commission into a policy body. Agencies would select their own employees under modernized procedures, with training and promotion to build a career service. The commission cited red tape and high turnover as signs of low morale and urged centralized leadership in the CSC.
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Washington
Hoover Commission
Civil Service Commission
Commission On
Herbert Hoover
Congress
Commission
Uni
Times
Gandhi assassination plot verdict in India
Narayan Godse and Narayan Apte were sentenced to die for Gandhi's murder in Delhi court. Five others got life terms. Veer Savarkar was acquitted. One defendant turned state's evidence and was released. The court heard the Jan 30 1948 slaying details as security kept tight.
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Delhi
Hed, Fort
Atma Tha
Godse
Pakistan
Hindustan
Vishnu Karkare
Ahmednagar
Madan Lal
Punjab
Gandhi
Detttraya Parchure
Gopal Godse
Kistayya Shankar
Shankar
Birtz
Ex-GI Testifies on Axis Sally Charms in Treason Trial
Michael Evaneck, a New Yorker and WWII veteran, described Mildred Gillars using cognac and feminine allure to recruit him for wartime Nazi broadcasts at a Chartres prison camp. He said Sally greeted him with a familiar voice and later shifted to a firm, angry stance when he resisted.
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Washington
Dns
Mildred Gillars
Michael Evaneck
Sally
Miss Gillars
United States
Evanek
Chartres
France
Michael
Africa
Sicily
Italy
James Laugh- UN
Penny Gasoline Tax Urged To Finance Road Program
The House debates a 390 million veterans bonus proposal with Del Campbell pushing for a financing clause verse Woodyard urging voters to decide after passage. Debates center on timing, financing method, and voter prerogatives as bills move between chambers.
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Cabell Countian
House of Delegates
del. William C. Campbell
D-Cabell
del Bernard H. Woodyard
Committee On Veterans Affairs
Campbell
Woodyard
U N Backs US on A Bomb Secret Vote
The United Nations Security Council rejected a Soviet move to force the United States to disclose the number of existing atomic bombs by March 31. Nine abstained, Malik and Ukraine supported the motion. Russia and Ukraine opposed sending the arms data to the arms commission.
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Malik
Security Council
General Assembly
Russia
Ukraine
Arms Commission
Rec
Soviet Claim Rewrites First Atomic Model History
MOSCOW reports a Soviet scientist claims Ernest Rutherford did not first model the atom. A. Ewald cites 1888 Russian Journal article by B. N. Chicherin describing an atomic model. He contrasts Rutherford 1912 model with the earlier Russian description, noting Western science later accepted the Russian lead.
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Moscow
Ernest Rutherford
Vv. A. Ewald
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Russian Chemical Society
B. N. Chicherin
Ewald
Rutherford
Taft Accused Of Hypocrisy In Labor Feud
John L. Lewis blasted Sen. Taft as a hypocrite over Taft-Hartley repeal while urging the United Mine Workers to seek repeal of the act. A Senate labor committee heard Lewis claim Taft uses deceitful tactics and warns the public of manipulation as part of a broader labor law battle.
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Lewis
Ohio
Neely
Denham
Washington
John L. Lewis
Sen. Taft
United Mine Workers
Congress
Senate Labor Committee
Taft
Taft-Hartley
Esau
Jacob
Trains Trapped by Snow and Flood Threat Across Northwest
A storm battered Washington Oregon and the northern Rockies with heavy rain snow and high winds. Snow slides trapped two passenger trains in the Cascades and derailed a freight train in the Blue Mountains while power lines fell and highways blocked as rain and snow surged through the region.
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Northwest
Associated Press
Western
Plains
Washington
Oregon
Rockies
North Pacific Plains
Cascade Mountains
Cascades
Blue Mountains
Coast Ranges
Soviet Flier Pirogov protests mistreatment to State Dept
Peter Pirogov, one of the Soviet airmen visiting the United States, declares he will protest to the State Department over alleged mistreatment. He says questions by reporters and an American interpreter fueled the issue and that he wants to reserve sensitive military information for a future book.
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Fredericksburg
Peter Pirogov
State Department
Air Force
Austria
Pirogov
U.S
Russa
U. S
Vladimir Brenner
Mary Washington College
Mitchell E. Gibla
Gibla
Ftier
Anatol 'Barsov
Ukraine
Linz
Levy on Gasoline Tax Aims to Fund Secondary Road Bonds
Administration proposed a one cent gasoline tax raise to six cents per gallon to finance a 50 million dollar secondary road bond issue. Bills in House and Senate set bonds up to 25 million per biennium and direct distribution to counties by unimproved road mileage. Remaining funds to be allocated to offset construction costs and topographic differences.
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House
Senate
Coliies
Board of Public Works
Administra- Senate
Haute
State Mines Department
United Mine Workers
Bill Would Limit Insurance Shares
A divided House finance committee reported out a bill to cap payments to any single insurance agency at 5 percent of total premiums. Sponsor Del McLaughlin said the rule would ensure even chances for agencies after last year’s 570000 in premiums saw two firms receive about 000 while 101 others shared the rest. The panel also sent two other measures forward.
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House
del. McLaughlin
D.-Greenbrier
McLaughlin
One & An
Thank You Boxcar Moved To Armory Display
The West Virginia car of the French Frank Fou train was moved yesterday to the U S Organized Reserve Armory at 1016 Lee St. on a National Guard trailer. It will be opened for public display Saturday and Sunday, with contents inventoried by Mrs. Berbert Boyd's women's committee before distribution to contributing organizations.
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Frank Fou
National Guard
U. S
Lee St
Ita
Frank Knight
Berbert Boyd
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